I work mainly with pen, watercolours and acrylics. While I hope to demonstrate range and versatility though this portfolio, my signature style is most evident in my mixed media pieces – pen and watercolour hybrids. My art constantly delves into nature and man, fantasy and reality, decay and rebirth, despair and hope. I currently teach art and freelance. Please contact me to discuss how we can work together, or sign up for my upcoming workshop at bit.ly/leach-watercolour.

January 8, 2017January 8, 2017

In Some Other Life

“In some other life, we are standing side by side and laughing that, in some other life, we are apart.” Quote from the book “Love As the Stars Went Out” by David Jones.
Original illustration by Leach. Drawn with Copic SP pens and painted in part with watercolor on Khadi Paper.

[Dedicated to the memory of my friend @paulinesayone born 4 Jan 1972. Departed 28 August 2014.]

I’m curious what this piece says to you? When I drew this, I imagined that space and time are different for different people. The lady here appears to have been still and unmoving for so long that her eyes are glazed and she wears a coat of fungus. But perhaps to her, barely a second has passed. Perhaps, death is similar.